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Study of a square decorated frieze with acanthus leaves and dentils, with an egg-and-dart cornice, of a pilaster at the base of the impost of an arch.
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Reference number
Adam vol.57/142
Purpose
Study of a square decorated frieze with acanthus leaves and dentils, with an egg-and-dart cornice, of a pilaster at the base of the impost of an arch.
Aspect
Detail
Inscribed
Inscribed in ink 142
Signed and dated
- Undated
Medium and dimensions
Pencil and pen 172 x 226
Hand
Unidentified eighteenth-century artist
Notes
The style of drawing of this classical detail suggests that it was probably copied from a Renaissance source similar to that of the Codex Corner, which James Adam acquired along with the Albani drawings in 1762 (see T. Ashby, 'Sixteenth-Century Drawings of Roman Buildings', Papers of the British School in Rome, 1904, p.1 and fig.110). The hand may be that of a draughtsman working for the Adam brothers, copying from an unidentified source the Albani collection.
Level
Drawing
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